I've been posting some technical points and practice sessions at www.distancedave.com for a few months now, but I thought I'd add a tempo training segment that I've enjoyed coaching and doing myself.

 200 Graceful Freestyle- no tempo trainer

 10 x 50 playtime. Change the tempo by up to .04 after each 50 to find the right balance for a strong, smooth, sustainable rhythm. I don't assign tempos

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I've been catching some of the blogging bug from Terry lately, but I do enjoy doing mobile uploads from my ipod touch. I often come home from an evening of youth and Masters practices with lessons in between and one thing or another is stuck in my head. Since most of the blog entries on the TI site are longer than my quick blurbs, I'm posting them on a rebuild of my old English Channel swimming

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Also, please note the three-day sale listed at the bottom! It's time to start planning for that next swim season!

The YWCA is proud to offer two open and free presentations from two of the most well-known technical

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(parts 1-2 were in 2004, 2007, and 2009)

In case you're interested, my 2010 Masters relay on the channel is swimming tonight, starting at 6pm Eastern time. I'll be posting updates to my facebook profile and the mntrimasters profile- take a look at www.facebook.com/distancedave or look for minnesota tri masters on facebook. One of the swimmers is a TI coach (Jordan), and three are TI clients,

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I'm hosting a workshop in San Francisco in a couple weeks and I've got a hunger for the Bay. There's a reason- everybody who has open water experience in different types of water knows that the buoyancy in salt water is a lot kinder to dragging legs. But I see this as a learning opportunity

What I wanted to know (and am also checking out this weekend in Santa Barbara)  is how my stroke changes

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A note to those who haven't been in my practices.

I don't accept the notion that sprinting is pure animal instinct. I do expect my swimmers to challenge technical habits at stronger rates, to see how their form adjusts to the different hydrodynamics of speed increases, and to replenish focus when their body offers distraction.

Here's the follow-up to the previous workout that got some nice

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I've passed a few workouts on via facebook and some other forums and a couple coaches asked me to post here.  First- a little background. Our Masters program attracts a wide range of abilities. Before I started at the YW, we had about two workouts per week (and we have three pools!). Now, we've got about 20, depending on the season.

Most are coached by TI Coaches, but our challenge is to convince

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I'm very excited to debut a new workshop from the Central TI office. We'll be launching this clinic in Towson, MD, San Francisco, Ca, and Minneapolis, MN but expect more of these soon in many of our most popular locations. Let us know if you think we need one near you! Take a look:

I recently worked with Terry Laughlin on developing a new format for follow-up workshops. This format builds on the

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OK- so I just had a dynamite workshop in San Francisco. i have done many workshops in the past 5 years, and many have had their unique successes, but this one had a flow and improvement across the board that was even better than the usual TI experience.

So in my time afterwards, my thoughts naturally keep going to this:

How will this get ruined?

I have to remind myself to stay positive sometimes. If

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Well, a couple months since my last entry, and I can say with confidence that a good portion of the "Channel weight" is gone. I am actually getting cold in the water again, which is actually a good thing.

While I've been in the water teaching four nights a week lately (love the UV pool system that stops me from drying out), I have not been swimming workouts for a while. With three months of not

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